The Faculty of Law at Stockholm University commenced its activities in the autumn term of 1907 as the Department of Political and Legal Science at the
University College of Stockholm
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, soci ...
, with seven professors and 81 registered students.
By the decision of the
Swedish Riksdag in 1959 Stockholm University College was ordered to move to
Frescati located outside the Centre of the town. It would take over ten years, however, before the six, blue high-rise blocks were ready to be moved into at the beginning of the 1970s.
Today the law faculty is the largest faculty in the country. The Department of Law has between 2500 and 4000 students every year, who study law either following the undergraduate law programme or in the form of independent law courses for non-degree purposes. The department employs over a hundred full-time teachers for the purposes of teaching and research.
The faculty has 30 about professors specialising in traditional legal scientific subjects, such as
jurisprudence,
private law
Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the ''jus commune'' that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations ( ...
, fiscal law,
international law,
public law
Public law is the part of law that governs relations between legal persons and a government, between different institutions within a state, between different branches of governments, as well as relationships between persons that are of direct ...
,
procedural law, legal history and
criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...
. These scientists have further specialised knowledge of various other fields of law, such as
labour law
Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...
,
company law, export law, real property law,
insurance law, intellectual property law, marketing law, the law of damages and transportation law. In addition to that there is one special chair in European integration Law.
The department employs the total of about 155 persons, of which approximately 45 persons represent administrative and technical staff.
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